3083. lutron
Strong's Concordance
lutron: a ransom
Original Word: λύτρον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: lutron
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-tron)
Short Definition: a ransom, an offering of expiation
Definition: the purchasing money for manumitting slaves, a ransom, the price of ransoming; especially the sacrifice by which expiation is effected, an offering of expiation.
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Cognate: 3083 lýtron (a neuter noun) – literally, the ransom-money (price) to free a slave. 3083 (lýtron) is used in the NT of the ultimate "liberty-price" – the blood of Christ which purchases (ransoms) believers, freeing them from all slavery (bondage) to sin. 3083 (lýtron) occurs twice in the NT (Mt 10:28; Mk 10:45), both times referring to this purchase (ransom-price) which Christ paid. See 3084 (lytroō).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3083: λύτρον

λύτρον, λύτρου, τό (λύω), the Sept. passim for כֹּפֶר, גְּאֻלָּה, פִּדְיון, etc.; the price for redeeming, ransom (paid for slaves, Leviticus 19:20; for captives, Isaiah 45:13; for the ransom of a life, Exodus 21:30; Numbers 35:31f): ἀντί πολλῶν, to liberate many from the misery and penalty of their sins, Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45. (Pindar, Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ransom.

From luo; something to loosen with, i.e. A redemption price (figuratively, atonement) -- ransom.

see GREEK luo

Forms and Transliterations
λύτρα λύτροις λυτρον λύτρον λύτρου λύτρων lutron lytron lýtron
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Strong's Greek 3083
2 Occurrences


λύτρον — 2 Occ.

Matthew 20:28 N-ANS
GRK: ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν
NAS: His life a ransom for many.
KJV: his life a ransom for many.
INT: life of him [as] a ransom for many

Mark 10:45 N-ANS
GRK: ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν
NAS: His life a ransom for many.
KJV: his life a ransom for many.
INT: life of him [as] a ransom for many

2 Occurrences

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